New Beer Friday 9/20/24

Oktoberfest bashes begin in SLC this week, look for lotsa lagers and fresh hop beers. Bewilder Brewing is celebrating their Oktoberfest starting 9/21 and continuing all week. Kiitos is celebrating 7 years of beers at their place Saturday as well and The Fisher Mansion in SLC will be hosting Fisher Brewing for a day of Beer Garden fun. In Ogden Check out the Harvest Moon Festival Happening g all day Saturday. It looks to be a full weekend.

On Sunday 9/22 the Tour De Brewtah returns to the streets of Salt Lake County. Beer Nerd Radio welcomes Saltfire's Ryan Miller who has taken on the task of bring back the state's biggest beer and bike tour. Ryan will give us all of the details starting at Friday at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA or KUAAFM.ORG

Kiitos - Se7en: The Kiitos crew packed this special IPA with 7 different hops, 7 unique hop products, an impressive 7 pounds of hops per barrel. The hop products used are Abstrax® Nelson Terpenes, Amplifier Oil™ Riwaka, Incognito® Mosaic, Lupomax® Krush, Spectrum® Citra, SubZero Hop Kief ® Motueka and T-90 Hop pellets. The result is a clean, hop-forward IPA that explodes with both aroma and flavor. 7.0% - Only at Kiitos to-go beginning 9/21.

Uinta - Shokunin Yuzu Rice Lager: Missed this lager. 5.0% Only available at Slackwater.

Fisher - OSO Fresco: Some 200 lbs of fresh Strata hops went into this hoppy beast. This hop salad is full of resiny citrus and herbal notes. A lot happening here. worth checking out. 5.0% - Only at Fisher. 

Offset DAMP 24.01: This Fresh Hop L IPA features wet Amarillo, kilned Amarillo,and organic Citra that were harvested on 8/26, 8/27. Look for lots of citrus and stone fruit note along with a touch of resin and that unique fresh hop character. 5.0% - Available at Offset Bier.

Saltfire - Lupulin Dew: This Citra fresh hop was picked and in the kettle in about six hours. Definitely Citra. Super fresh - from the canning line to my glass! Leafy tangerine aroma. Tastes is similar to Kaffir lime leaves, but with tangerine! It’s all fresh & subtle with an odd non-tart lemony thing happening. Quite tasty. 5.6% - Available now at Saltfire.

SL Brewing - London Fog: Nitro cream ale, made with Earl Gray Tea. Not as sweet as some cream ales 👍 The tea is light, but noticeable. Typical bergamot & orange character. Drinks incredibly well. It just slides down with that nitro conditioning. It's worth your hard earned quatloos. 

SL Brewing - Snake Bite: You can tell, just by looking at this red hued beer that this will have a descent malt backbone. Great citrus peel aroma 🤤 Good caramel & toast up front. Hops come in floral & zesty. It has a medium low amount of lingering bitterness which work well with the malt. More pale ale.

RoHa - Miso's Soup: Aroma has lotsa roasty malts, some dark chocolate too. Espresso up front with some ash & burnt cocoa. Malt profile has more of a Nestles Quik charm with a clean char finish. Nice dark AF lager. 7.8% - Available at Roha - Part of their Brewer's Select Series.

Proper - The Coffeenator: Missed this coffee infused Dopplebock that was lagered in rye whiskey barrels. Made with Culture Coffee. 8.0% - Available at all Proper locations.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday the 13th 9/13/24

New Beer Friday does not advocate for the eating of pets in Spingfield, Ohio or in Utah for that matter. Please eat and drink WITH your pets, you'll find it more rewarding. Speaking of "drink", the New Beer Friday "research" team found barrels, barrels and more barrels of new brews for you and companion animals.

Oktoberfest season is already underway, and Beer Nerd Radio is already on it, starting with Bewilder Brewing week-long festival. Tune in Friday at 2pm As we welcome back Cody McKendrick to fill us in on all of the newly brewed fest biers along with other popular suds. Stream us at KUAAFM.org/ or terrestrially at 99.9fm KUAA.

To Celebrate Offset Bier's 3rd Anniversary The gang in Park City has been releasing a bunch of new beers this week ahead of today's big bash in City Park. It all starts at 3pm and goes to 9pm.

Offset - London Style Brown Porter: Missed this Porter.

Offset - Fist Full of Death: This NZ IPA is the next installment in Offset's Spaghetti Western inspired series of Modern WC/NZ beers. This beer features a blend of Simcoe, Mosaic, and Nectaron in the boil. Columbus Cryo in the first dry hop, followed it up with an addition of Mosaic that's bringing more funk and some nice blueberry accents. Then another dry hop with Motueka along with some 24 Harvest Nectaron. Look for notes of honeydew, blueberry and funky pineapple fruit salad with a nice sticky resinous finish. 6.66% - Available at Offset.

Offset/Level Crossing - Just Me, One More (Hallertau): Big, pungent, grassy, herbal notes with a biscuity malt aroma, all of which comes forth in a sort of perfume. Explosive flavor to start, huge hit of hops that go from fruity to bitter and resiny. The malt character is solid enough to hold its own, even though the balance is off to the hoppy side. Bitterness comes in waves and eventually takes over as the palate dries. 5.0% - Available at Offset.

Offset - Barrel Aged Dopplebock: Brewed in May 2023 this doppelbock spent a little over 13 months in Alpine Distilling's Vanilla Toast wheated whiskey barrels. It was then lagered for an additional month before bottling. I haven't had this one yet, it's described as having present whiskey character in flavor and aroma with notes of caramel and dried fruit are complimented by soft flavors or vanilla and baking spice. 10.5% - Available at Offset.

Red Rock - Primal Pondering: Lotsa citrus all around. Well hopped with doses of melon, berries & a little diesel action from NZ. A Tasty pale with a great malt backbone. 5.0% - Available at Red Rock Downtown

Helper - Altbier: Aroma is of darkly toasted brown bread, toasted walnuts and hazelnuts, slight black tea, very faint herbal European hops, and malty sweetness. Front of palate picks up toasted dark bread and nuts, cocoa, even a bit of coffee. Mid-palate features spicy European hops and tannins similar to black tea. Spicy European hops alongside decreased toasted bread, nut, and cocoa round out the backend with a lingering aftertastes of toasted bread and nuts. It has a nice dry finish. 4.7%  - Available at Helper Beer, Found at The Bayou.

Kiitos - Chinchilla: This New Mexican style lager was lagered for a whole 7 weeks. Pale yellow bubbly pour with a white cap. Corn, flowers, grass, lemon zest, bright cracker, and lager malt make up the nose. Taste is much the same plus some honey and pear in the middle of the corn. The end is sneaky grass dominated. Feel is light and bright with good carbonation, malt transcends this however to provide enough backbone to not thin out the body, crushable. Really nice Mexican lager. 5.0% - Draft and cans at Kiitos starting today. 

RoHa - Locals Only: This NZ Pils pours a clear golden color with off-white head. Aroma has a bit of diesel herbs and citrus. Taste has nice herbal hops with some citrus poking around in back, quite resiny with medium bitterness on the finish. Light body. 5.0% - Only at RoHa.

Salt Flats - Open Road Series (Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale): Big whiskey aroma. The brewers tell me these barrels were emptied on the distillery side & immediately filled with this Scotch Ale. You’d think this would be super boozy. nope. All toffee, vanilla & oak. This a barrel strength ale. No blending! Brilliant! 9.8% - Available at Salt Flats locations.

Wasatch/Squatters - Love Local Series (Polyamory Pilsner): This Imperial Pilsner debuts today (9/13) at 3pm at which time Wasatch/Squatters will have a release party to celebrate this new beer. The beer pours bright golden straw yellow with nearly white head. The head recedes to a thin cap and leaves a little lacing. The aroma is mild with lemon, honey and grass. The taste is lightly sweet malt with earthy, slight lemon hops and slight bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. The event goes until 9pm, there will be food and games as well.  

Wasatch/Squatters - Plumber's Crack: This “copper ale” has a light caramel malt profile that that is very easy and approachable. It’s like super, super light Barleywine, almost like a small beer. It is a small beer! Very nice. I love the easy drinkability of this.5.0% - Only at Wasatch/Squatters

Wasatch/Squatters - Staircase Witbier: Coriander aroma fer sure. Spicy at first, sorta peppery with more coriander. Some orange peel too. For a 5.0% Witbier this has a ton of character. A little spice forward for me, but overall an excellent interpretation on the style. Only at Wasatch/Squatters

Wasatch/Squatters - Bulletproof Zest: This Lemon Kölsch is infused with citrus zest qualities that toward lime & lemon. Good yeasty fruity flavors still manage to make their way past the zest - combined with toasty grains. This is damn light, tasty and  flavorful. 5.0% - Only at Wasatch/Squatters

Wasatch/Squatters - El Cornholio: This Mexican lager hits all the classic notes. Light corn tortillas with pils malt. Classic Euro hops are herbal and spicy. Great Latin Lager. 5.0%

Wasatch/Squatters - Hazel Nutty Buddy: Toasty and nutty aroma. Taste follows, but it’s a little more like cake, or maybe muffins? Yeah, muffins with light nuts sprinkled on top. I dig it. Not so much hazelnut, but it’s nutty for sure. A tasty malty ale. 5.0% - Only at Wasatch/Squatters

Mason - West Coast Baby: Missed this dry-hopped west coast IPA. 7.2% - Found at Dick n Dixies.

Seven Island/Mason - Skull Smasher: Missed this collaboration double dry hopped New England DIPA with Citra ,Simcoe and Mosaic hops. 8.0% 

Revision/Faction - The Bird: Missed this collaboration IPA. look for notes of stone fruit, guava and pine, from a blend of HBC 586, Mosaic and Cryo Mosaic hops. 6.6%

Mother Earth - Oktoberfest: Missed this Märzenbier. 5.8% - 

LumberBeard/Single Hill - Strike of Brilliance: Missed this collaboration WCIPA 6.5% - Found at Bayou, Slackwater, HandleBar, 

LumberBeard - Bring Your Lederhosen: 5.8% - Found at Bayou, Slackwater

Lumber Beard Beach Llamas:  6.7% - Found at Bayou

Pipeworks - Oktoberfest: Märzen 5.3% - Found at Bayou

Here are this week's Small Batch Beer from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 9/6/24

Not much happening this New Beer Friday, most locals brewers are prepping their Oktoberfest beers along with fresh and wet hop beers. in the next week you'll likely see and explosion of lagers, pales and IPAs. But what we do have this week is money, so seek these beers out.

Joe Mastorocco, Beer Nerd Radio's go-to hop expert, returns to talk about the new hops along with what's hot this autumn. We'll have some examples of the new freshness that'll be hitting the market this weekend. The radio pub goes live at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA or stream us at KUAAFM.ORG

Salt Lake Brewing - 89 Barleywine: Brewed to celebrate 35 years in business as Squatters/Salt Lake Brewing Company,  Long time Head Brewer of Salt Lake's original brewpub, Jason Stock crafted this English style barleywine as a thank you to the generations of customers who have hoisted many pints over the past three and a half decades.

Packaged in a special 750 ml. bottle the 89 Barleywine pours a mostly clear amber with an average head. The aroma features toffee, maple, raisins, wheat bread, and some light pine. The flavor leads with caramel and toffee. Raisins and maple syrup rollin next with a delicate sweetness. It maintains a good balance. The mouthfeel is medium to light bodied for a barleywine with foamy carbonation. Overall this beer is a very direct exploration of malt with little in the way of hops – it is fruity and rich, and a joyous beer to drink. 8.0% - Available at SL Brewing Co. 

Fisher - Helles: Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of light lemon, cracker, biscuit, herbal, straw, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, herbal, straw, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish. 5.0% - Available today at Fisher.

Fisher - Simcoesaurus: Not sure of the spelling on this one, but this Simcoe hop driven pale ale starts with piney hops, then grapefruit, orange, and a touch of lemon. Just the right amount of light malts. Has a floral, bready, and a touch piney finish. Has medium body with a bit of creaminess. Crisp and clean finish. 5.0% - Available at Fisher now. 

Chappell - Playground #12: This batch features Sultana and Sabro Hops. Pours a murky pale gold with a nice off-white head; great lacing. Initial impression is citrus, tropical fruits, pine resin, and a touch of caramel. Mouthfeel is almost but not quite juicy. Finish is fairly dry and clean, with more citrus. 5.0% - Available at Chappell.

UTOG - House Shot: Missed this Blonde Ale. 5.0% - Available at UTOG and select bowling alleys.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers fro Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/30/24

Have guests in town? No matter what they speak, the universal language of New Beer Friday will be most welcoming to all visitors.

Steph is off vacationing with the rest North America. Filling in is Salt Lake Brewing Company's Jason Stock as we welcome Chappell Brewing's Tim Chappell back to the radio pub.We get started at 2pm every Friday on 99.9fm KUAA or at KUAAFM.org/

Ogden Beer/Kiitos - Tmavé: This new collaboration is a Dark Czech Lager. Look for notes of milk chocolate with spicy hop character from the additions of spicy hops. Packed with flavor yet so light on the palate and easy to drink due to its lagering time. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer and Kiitos.

Level Crossing - Eternal Pursuit (Belgian Style Saison): This version in the series is a dry-hopped Belgian style Saison, made with orange blossom honey. The orange blossom Honey here really shines and gives the saison a nice citrusy feel. The overall yeast profile isn't too phenolic, just enough to compliment the bubblegum sweetness. Well hopped with a firm but balancing finish. 

RoHa - 19th Flow: Toasty and floral aroma that continues into the palate. It a fairly dry beer that's got a lot of hop bitterness and toasty crackers. Long bitter finish. 5.0% - Available at RoHa.  

Strap Tank - Art City Rider: Missed this coffee and coconut infused blonde ale. 5.0% Available at Strap Tank, Slackwater.

Shades - Mango Madness: This new Kveik sour not only features mangos but chilies as well. There's a good amount of mango that's not overly sweet and works well with the beer's sour base. The chilies are also subtle, more scratchy in the throat than hot. Nice beer. 6.3% - Available at both Shades locations.

Melvin - Chryogliphics: Embossed can, very nice. I think this a brand new release! This “RIIPA” has a flowery aroma, thought it would be more tropical. Tastes peachy w/ nice citrus & a bit of berries. There some melon too. It’s a nice fruit salad. Knock it down to 8.0% & it’s 💵 Found at Beerhive

Uerige - Sticke: The "sticke" (secret) is a type of German Altbier, that's usually stronger, maltier, and hoppier than traditional altbier. Check out that flip top bottle. Aroma is malty & floral with some mineral bite. Tastes malty too but it’s quite dry. Much more bitter than I was expecting, with some copper pennies. A touch of oxidation as well. Those flip tops don’t seal the best. 🤷 6.0% - Found at the Bayou.

Uerige - DoppleSticke: Missed this one. 8.5%  - Found at the Bayou.

Hop Butcher For The World - Sweet Home: Missed this Citra, El Dorado & Motueka-hopped New England / Hazy. 6.5% Found at Slackwater.

Hop Butcher For The World - Grid: Missed this Citra & Mosaic-hopped American Pale Ale. 5.8%  Found at Slackwater.

Hop Butcher For The World - Podium Party: Missed this Simcoe, Sabro, Citra, Motueka, Manilita, Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka & NZ Cascade-hopped Double India Pale Ale. 8% Found at Slackwater.

Hop Butcher For The World - Only Interested In Citrus: Missed this Citra, Motueka, Sabro & Simcoe-hopped Double India Pale Ale 8%  Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - West Coast Baby: IPA - American 7.2%  Found at Slackwater.

Seven Island Brewery - Skull Smasher: Double dry hopped New England double IPA with Citra, Simcoe and Mosaic hops  IPA - Imperial / Double New England.. 8%  Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - Can't Resist the Oats: This Double Dry Hopped Hazy Triple IPA was brewed with a massive amount of oats and wheat to give this hazy a thick body with a creamy mouthfeel. Bursting with aromas of tropical fruit, citrus and pine from the dry hop of Citra, Mosaic, and Cascade. 10.5% 

Mountain West Cider's new line of barrel-aged ciders marks an exciting development for cider enthusiasts. By utilizing Oak barrels inoculated with Brettanomyces, they are delving into a realm of innovative flavor profiles. The promise of variations such as Cuvee, Framboise, and Peche that are sure to delight the senses and push the boundaries of traditional cider-making. ABV 6% $9.99 500ml bottle.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/23/24

Can't seem to find that perfect beverage to kickstart the Weekend? Our New Beer Friday chemists have spent moments tossing back the finest ales and lagers to find the ideal pint.

Desolation/Beehive Distilling is back in the radio pub as Beer Nerd Radio digs deeper into the exploding craft cocktails in cans industry. Also tune in for a special announcement. We start it all at 2pm every Friday on 99.9FM KUAA. 

Salt Flats - Tropic Rye Lager: This is tasty! A rye lager with Motueka & El Dorado hops? Nice tinge of amber from the rye - great citrus profile with other vague tropical notes. Low bitterness with a clean finish. Stuff like this gives my beloved Citra pales a run for the money.

Policy Kings - Go Lions!: In this blue razz sour look for the base beer to provide lemony smack with tart raspberry from start to finish. 5.0% - Only at Policy Kings.

Ogden Beer/Salt & Hops - Kickstart Kolsch: Look for a light to medium in body with a soft mouthfeel and a straw yellow or pale gold color. A spicy, herbal Noble hop bitterness that balances with a toasty malt base. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer - Salt & Hops.

Salt Lake Brewing - Kohatu: Head Brewer at SL Brewing Jason Stock named this beer after the hop he used. He also pointed out the this hop spelled backwards is "Utah Ok". For this reason alone you should try this pale ale. Distinct aroma of tropical fruits, also hints of herbs and spruce. Refreshing flavor that's well hopped throughout, again notes of tropical fruits, herbs and spruce, with a grapefruit finish. 5.0% - available at SL Brewing.

Salt Lake Brewing - Beer Sting: This lavender and honey ale Smells of lavender. Go figure. Taste is more subtle, good amount of wheat, and the honey does come through too. The lavender is not as heavy as the nose and rounds it out like a lightly hopped ale. Tasty stuff, not soapy at all. 5.0% - available at SL Brewing.

Salt Lake Brewing - Big U Pilsner: This new German style pils will be a staple on draft and in cans going fi]forward from SL Brewing. It's toasty malts, simply sweet and grainy. Hops are traditional grassy and herbal with some spicy hop character. A great house pils. 5.0% - Available at all SL Brewing locations. 

Heber Valley - 8th Continent - IPA: This new IPA features all New Zealand hops (Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, Rakau). Look for Juicy, fruit notes of apricot, melon, mango, and citrus/lime (Result of Nelson and Motueka hops late in the boil and dry hop), Approachable IPA for all hoppy beer lovers. 7.2% - Available at Heber Valley Brewing.

Heber Valley - Sunset Peak Pilsner: This dry-hopped lager is a hoppy pilsner (45 BUs) brewed with all Pilsner malt. Fermented cold with our favorite German lager yeast, Hallertau and Tettnang hops during the boil with late additions of Triskel as well as a small dry hop of Triskel and Harlequin. Crisp and refreshing, with a notable hop character that is floral and sweet with hints of lemongrass. 5.8% - Available at Heber Valley Brewing.

Scion - Anjou Pear: Made with all Utah grown pears and English yeast this beauty is off-dry with juicy pear notes, hints of bright citrus and wet slate and has a spritzy, lip-smacking finish. On draft and to-go in tallboy cans. 6.2% - Available at Scion Cider Bar.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Also happening this weekend.

Kensington Street Fest - an evening of live music, local artist booths, food trucks, activities, and of course… great beer! All ages welcome and admission is FREE! Here's all the info. https://www.slc.gov/events/2024/03/05/kensington-street-festival/

Grid City Music Fest - Grid City Music Fest is back for its third year and there is a lot more going on. 62 world-class murals, 54 local bands, 7 different stages, 3 days of music, and 1 really cool local music fest. Here's all the info. https://gridcitymusicfest.com/

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/16/24

 

Need a break from life's critiques? This week's New Beer Friday artistic brews and break dancing event will score a perfect 10, regardless of technique. 

Today on Beer Nerd Radio Steph and I welcome Allen Handy and Annika DiMeo as we give their pallets the ultimate beer work-out! What beer style will it be? You and our guests will know at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9fm KUAA. 

Kiitos - Hyper Wave: This IPA is part of a new direction that Kiitos is taking, not just in branding but also in approach and flavor. Whoa, big fruity aroma full of melon/citrus. First swig starts with more melon and tangerine. Excellent and full flavored. Berry notes from Nelson hops rounds it all out. One of the best 5% IPAs out there. Small batch, a must have Mikey Likey. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos starting today.

Fisher - Wet Your Willet: Huge aroma of juniper & sage. Whoa, delivers on the pallet too. Big Juniper & sage, but it’s not too overwhelming. The malt bill jives really well with “spices”. One or the other would have been great, the two together are brilliant. Mikey Likey! 5.0% - Available in 16 ounce cans, now at Fisher.

Grid City - Coyote Elvis: This new wheat lager is 50/50 wheat malt and pilsner malt. This lager has a noticeably, pillowy feel. Kinda like a muffin with 85% of the sugars stripped-out. Delicately sweet with little yeast profile. toasty profile are subtle and complimentary. It’s in that realm between German pils & American wheat. I love this damn lager. A triple Mikey Likey! 4.8% - Only at Grid City.

Bolero Snort - Til the Streetlights Come On: This "Retro IPA" has all the new age juiciness you love, with old school clarity. To me "retro" would mean malt and hops recipes from 20 years ago. Meh, what ya gunna do? Missed out on this one. 5.0% Found at The Bayou.  

Also new to the market, Drekker Brewing out of Fargo, ND hit the market yesterday with these beers. All found at Slackwater.

Drekker - Strawberry Spread It - Drekker - PB&J sour

Drekker - Pineapple Upside Down Cake - Sour

Drekker - Die to Ride - IPA

Drekker- King of the Thing - DIPA

It's already pumpkin beer season. If you're like me, you get them in early, if you're not like me and more like Steph, this will be the first of many big middle fingers pointed at the universe. This week we have two returning pumpkin ales.

Epic Imperial Pumpkin Porter

Epic Barrel-Aged Pumpkin

Wasatch - Pumkin Ale

This weekend is the biggest of all Utah Beer Festivals, the Utah Beer Fest. The entire weekend will host many of Utah's best beer makers along with local Ciders, Booch, Spirts, cocktails and the like. For tickets and info please visit this link. https://www.utahbeerfestival.com/

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

  

New Beer Friday 8/9/24

On target for the weekend our sharpshooter team of... well.... me, scoured the SLC area to find these tasty New Beer Friday lagers and ales to you find you're happy place.

Offset - Superdelic: This new Single Hop Pale Ale features Superdelic and a touch of Zumo hops. Look for lots of melon, some nice NZ diesel/dankness, a red candy like flavor and some bright Citrus from the Zumo.

Grid City - Hazy IPA No. 5: Big citrus with a solid amount of malt. Peach notes with some mango start it off. Hints of strawberry with spicy/grassy hops round it out. Medium bitter finish that lightly lingers. 

Hopkins - Equinox Lager: This new lager is the secondary fermentation of Hopkins' Solstice lager. Look for a clean crisp lager with citrus, tropical fruit, and pine hop aromas and flavors. Low bitterness and easy drinking. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Sierra Nevada/Brauerei Gutmann - Oktoberfest (2024): Not hugely malty, but it’s more malty than I anticipated. Caramel for sure, almost Helles like. Great Euro hop profile - nice & herbal. Tasty stuff. 6.0% Found at Slackwater.

Bolero Snort - Shattered Hops (Justice): DIPA with Citra, Galaxy + Waimea. 

Citrus & strawberry aroma. Peach & citrus with nice creamy body. Too boozy though. Still would recommend. 8.0% Found at HandleBar

Equilibrium - South St. Pils (Foeder Aged): Smells woody/grainy. Tasty too. Toasty malt with a good grassy/herbal hops. There is some toasty oak in the background as well. I thought it would be very light, but it’s very noticeable. Good hop bitterness in the finish. Mikey Likey. 5.5% Found at HandleBar.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers for Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/2/24

I only like smoke in my beer, not my air. Probably a good plan to chill in the coolness of a tap room or pub and enjoy some of this week's new craft goodness. Happy New Beer Friday!

Clay Turnbow stops by the radio pub for another visit, this time as head brewer at Epic Brewing. Steph and I will get into what's new at Epic and how Clay is putting his mark on Utah's original high point brewery. Hit up at 2pm on 99.9fm or stream us at KUAAfm.org/

TF - Punta Mita Paloma: Nose is strong citrus, grapefruit, lemon and sugar with a spritzy tartness. Very aromatic and bright. Beer opens tart citrus and grapefruit. Some lemon zest and herbal bitterness in the middle with a seltzer tartness at the finish. Good balance. Body is light with ample carbonation. Prickly on the palate and goes down foamy and aggressive with a clean, slightly lingering finish. 5.0% - Available at TF.

Offset - Just Me (Most): The news release in Offset's single hop Pils series features a brand new hop from the Czech Republic simply called Most.  It is said to have notes of strawberry, black current, bubblegum, and subtle tropical fruit. 5.0% - Available at Offset for now.

Fisher - Roy Farms Hop Slinger: Nice hop-forward aroma, quite green, with notes of resin, pine, grapefruit, and melon. Really nice flavor, with plenty of caramel and pale malt character, all amplified - not upstaged - by a green herbal and citrus hop character. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

RoHa - Red Snake Harvest Ale: Pours clear amber with a big head and medium carbonation. Smell is dank with a little honeysuckle. Almost earthy. Bitter finish builds up with several sips and lasts for some time. Taste is bitter and earthy with some graininess. Overall, it's quite tasty. 5.0% - Available at RoHa, soon to be poring at Snowbird Oktoberfest. 

Epochal - Squarer of Circles: This beer is brewed with Scotch Common, a very old landrace Scottish barley used in beer and whisky production between the late 17th and early 19th Centuries. It was grown and malted by Crafty Maltsters in Fife and possesses a subtly honeyish spicy sweetness. It’s also hopped with UK Cascade and Bramling Cross from Brook House Hops in Herefordshire. Open fermentation with house Saccharomyces was followed by wood fermentation with Brettanomyces and finally bottle fermentation with both. So much character for such a little beer. 3.6% - Found at the Bayou.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 7/26/24

Stuck in a rut, or have no place to go? New Beer Friday is coming to your rescue! We've found an orbital selection of fresh beer to help you feel weightless on this post Pie and Beer Day weekend. 

Beer Nerd Radio has another of our Sensory Beer shows. The kick this week is that our guest’s tongues won't know what they’re having until we begin. Check out the chaos starting at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9FM KUAA.

Roha - Brewers Select (In The Shade Cold IPA): Fermented cold like a pilsner then pounded with Elani, El Dorado, and Rakau hops give it a big blast of tropical fruit flavors with just a hint of sweet citrus zest. The super easy drinking and light body makes this hop bomb shine. 

RoHa - Vanilla Porter: I'm not in dark beer mode right now. But when I see a vanilla stout or porter, I stop & ponder the situation. Pulling the trigger on this one I got a good amount of char from the base beer with vanilla that takes from espresso to cappuccino. Dry not sweet.

Saltfire - A Series of Singularities (Styrian Wolf): Big flowery aroma. Intense flavors of floral, tropical fruit and citrus notes. This is a high alpha acid beer so the flavors are all amped-up, but the bitterness is fairly restrained, but absolutely noticeable. WCIPA for sure with lingering bitterness.

TF/Melvin Collaboration (Ox Blood): It’s a very dark amber color with super toasty aroma. It looks quite malty but it’s more restrained flavor-wise. Light caramel with toasted bread starts it off. Great grassy/ herbal hop profile. The whole package is great & very true to style.

Ogden Beer/Melvin Collaboration (Monte Crispo): This West Coast Pilsner is definitely unfiltered and has a big citrus aroma. The hop bill consists of Cashmere, Vista and Eldorado hops. Love the hop profile more citrus with herbal hops and hint of peach/cantaloupe. excellent stuff one of my favorites of the Melvin Pie and Beer Day Taptakeovers. 

Melvin - Double Dry Hopped Star Valley: Peachy aroma, love those Nectaron hops. Flavor starts the same with nice dank-ish peach forward hops. The body is light but the overall big flavor balances it out. Tasty sesh IPA. 5.0% Found at HandleBar.

Melvin - Huckleberry Pie: Missed this one. 5.0% Found at HandleBar.

Melvin - Double Dry Hopped Pils Boutique W/ Necaron: 5.0% Found at HandleBar.

Wiley Roots- Great Barrier Teefs: Love the can artwork. Beer looks great too, a nice clear amber hue. A hop bill of Mosaic, Riwaka & Wakatu hop offer flavors of caramel, berries, strawberry, melon and herbs. Low ABV makes this very crushable. 5.8% - Found at HandleBar. 

Prairie - Struck By Lightning, Bit By Cobra: That’s a big-ass can for a big-ass beer (19.2 oz). There’s a lot happening here. Boozy with lotsa citrus and 100 IBUs. It’s basically a WC-TRIPA. I like it but it’s a bit much for a super tall boy can. 11.0% - Found at Handlebar.

Here are this Week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 7/19/24

The Microsoft outage this morning has created a chaotic morning to say the least. Here's a basic New Beer Friday rundown.

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes Waterpocket Distilling's Co-Owner/Head Distiller Allen Scott. See you at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.

Offset - Requiescant: This new "Modern WC IPA" features Motueka, Nelson and Simcoe hops Bright berry and stonefruit notes with some melon and really sold resinous flavor. Dry, bitter, aromatic, and packed with flavor. Very drinkable for its 7% ABV. 

Epic - Blueberry Cream Ale: Great clarity & color: Orange & a tinge of red. Blueberry nose. Taste is all blueberry, there is some cream ale for sure, but this beer delivers what they’re selling🫐. If you’re going to pair a pie/dessert, Go Key Lime or a simple white cake. 🍰🍺😋 7.0% - Available at Epic, The Bayou and Slackwater.

Shades - Boysenberry Pie: Honestly… I don’t know boysenberry very well. Apparently they’re indigenous to this area (SaltLake). Anyway.. nice berry profile, seems like there’s a cheesecake thing happening, but I’ve been reassured there’s no “cream cheese.”Graham crckr & nilla too. 6.3% - Available at both Shades locations.

Shades - Pale International Ale: Light malt profile with noticeable amount of orangey hops. Nice pale. 5.0% - Available at Shades. 

Don't forget to hit Double IPA Fest Tomorrow!

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 7/12/24

The perfect beer pairing for this week may be Air Conditioning! Basically everything I tried on my  New Beer Friday research day were excellent warm weather beers. Take advantage of them and along with some water or iced tea.

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes two beer missionaries to the radio pub. Elder Timothy Cantwell of Lauter Day Brewers and Elder Dwight Wilson of O-Town Hop Heads, join Steph and Mikey to talk about Homebrew culture in Utah. We're still at 99.9FM KUAA, Fridays at 2pm.  

Uinta - It's Not Buffett: This Piña Colada sour features pineapple & coconut. It’s pretty simple, starts with pineapple that pairs pretty well with the sour base. It’s actually hard to tell where the pineapple starts & the sour beer ends. Coconut wraps it up w balanced sweetness

Fisher - L9 Liquid Courage: This west coast style pale ale packs a big hoppy aromatic nose with a clean, crisp, and moderately bitter finish. The trifecta of Strata, Galaxy, and Citra hops bring this one together. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

Fisher - Common Hop Pale Ale: This West Coast Pale is hopped with the Nelson Sauvin. Look for notes of berry and melon and a slight bitter finish. 5.0% - Only at Fisher.

Fisher - Premiant Pilsner: Premiant hops add depth to this new Czech Pils. It has an aromatic punch of curry, pepper and jasmine. The palate has a tea-like and citrusy component of lemon and lime in a crushable light bodied lager. 5.0% - Only at Fisher.

Shades - Daaibooi Dunkelweizen: (pronounced: die-boo-ee) is made with Curaçao Orange Peel to produce a dark brown, chocolatey wheat beer with refreshing notes of sweet and bitter orange. The maltiness of this German-Style beer is complimented by just a hint of tropical paradise, which is why it's named after Playa Daaibooi of Curaçao. 5.0%

Salt Lake Brewing _ Hop Head Red: Born in 1997 at Squatters, this red ale has been re-imagined at SL Brewing with Citra and Mosaic hops. The malt bill is slightly toasty a malty. A perfect blend for an American style Red. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing. 

Wiley Roots Brewing -  Pilsner Italiano: Utz a matta u??? Big spicy/herbal nose with biscuit and toasty malts at first swig. Hops are huge, floral and herbal. Mikey Likey! 5.5% - Found at Handle Bar.

Revision - Chaotic Prince: The body and head retention is tight! Slight tropical aroma. This is damn tasty, so many ratings from my friends are lackluster, to me this is great trop bomb. All the fruits, with Citra, Mosaic and Amarillo hops that exude notes of tangerine, peach and a hint of pine. Excellent body and just enough bitterness for balance. My pals smoke too much. 😆🍻6.7% - Found at Handle Bar.

Here are this week's Small Batch Friday beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 6/28/24

A slow day of beer research yesterday, which is fine. More time to catch-up with fellow beer nerds on a Thursday afternoon. I did find some new stuff at 2 Row Brewing though, along with some returning favorites. Happy New Beer Friday.

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes Nils Imboden of Top of Main fame. What is Top of Main? I guess you'll need to tune in to 99.9FM KUAA at 2pm or stream us at KUAAFM.ORG today to find out. 

2 Row- Elderberry Blonde: Nice malty base for a blonde. The berry is subtle, but fruity & not overly tart. Drinks quite well & it’s perfect for a hot day.

2 Row- Artificial Intelligence: Designed by AI (with a little nudging from owner, Brian Coleman). This beer features Ekuanot, NewZilla, Citra and Galaxy hops. How did the AI do? Comes across as a WCIPA. Lotsa citrus, peach & cactus fruit. Medium bitter finish. Avail to go only - til Sat

Returning Favorites

Level Crossing Cosmic Saunter: Has a hazed golden color with a tall puffy white head. Strong nose with  highly aromatic hops of grapefruit and citrus. Lesser scents of pine and wood plank. In other words it smells like you would expect a good IPA to smell. Tropical scents and the malt exists as a big scent of pineapple juice. Mild trace scents of dank herbs. The taste starts out dry and fruity with citrus peel on the tongue. This is backed by a low dose of resiny pine. Mildly bitter and quite herbal in the mouth, this does taste like they slipped some dank herbs to spice it up a little more. Tastes like it smells bit it isn't harsh at all. If you like the fruitiness of NEIPAs But need more bitternes from your ale this is the one. 8.0% - on sale today at Level Crossing.

TF - Imperial Mango Gose: This 11.2% Gose is pretty dangerous due to the heavy amounts of mango and the pleasant levels of tartness. This all hides the huge alcohol content. Very tasty stuff and you can buy it starting today. Only at TF Brewing.

Hopkins - Pine Mountain Pale Ale: This West Coast-Style

IPA is brewed withChinook, Simcoe, Cascade and Centennial hops – along with fresh hand-picked local spruce tips to accentuate the piney, earthy, and resinous hop profile with a nice firm bitterness on the finish where the spruce flavor is layered in. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!